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A council has apologised after it failed to collect bins from scores of Cambridge streets.

This week, 40 streets in the city were left with uncollected rubbish after three bin lorries broke down on the same day - Tuesday (May 16).

Cllr Peter Roberts, Cambridge City Council’s bin boss, said the unusual occurrence meant the residents instead had to wait until Wednesday to have their bins emptied - and this in turn affected 20 Wednesday collection streets too.

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Cllr Roberts said: “I want to apologise to those whose collections have been delayed a day this week as a result of vehicle breakdowns, and apologise also to others affected by the transition to new collection rounds in bringing together collections with our South Cambridgeshire neighbours into a new shared service.

“After weeks of relative service reliability, and catch up after three bank holidays at Easter and since, the impact of these vehicle breakdowns has raised the need to improve the resilience of our service after recent collection changes.

“I have therefore asked for this to be added to an already planned report on the recent collection changes to the Council’s Environmental Scrutiny Committee on Tuesday 27th June, and the Committee will review learning and potential for further improvements.

“I also record my thanks and appreciation for the tremendous contribution our collection teams make to Cambridge, which has achieved a 99.6 per cent collection reliability for our 2,000 streets and flats over the last month. I know how highly our residents and businesses value them too.

“Whatever the weather, including through yesterday’s continuous downpour, our teams deliver a first rate service to the whole of our city, all year round.”